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[H.R. 1616 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

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        H.R.1616

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
  To authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Martin Luther 
  King, Junior, National Historic Site for lands owned by the City of 
                Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Martin Luther King, Junior, National 
Historic Site Land Exchange Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Public Law 96-438 established the Martin Luther King, 
    Junior, National Historic Site, and allows acquisition, by donation 
    only, of lands owned by the State.
        (2) The National Park Service owns a vacant lot that has no 
    historic significance. The City of Atlanta has expressed interest 
    in acquiring this property to encourage commercial development 
    along Edgewood Avenue.
        (3) The National Historic Site Visitor Center and Museum is 
    land-locked and has no emergency ingress or egress, making it 
    virtually impossible for firefighting equipment to reach.
        (4) The acquisition of city-owned property would enable the 
    National Park Service to establish easy street access to the 
    National Historic Site Visitor Center and Museum, and would benefit 
    the City by exchanging a piece of property that the City could 
    develop.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the exchange 
of certain lands within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National 
Historic Site for lands owned by the City of Atlanta, Georgia.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE.

    Section 2(b)(1) of the Act of October 10, 1980 (Public Law 96-428; 
94 Stat. 1839; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking the period 
and inserting ``or exchange.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.